Nowadays, I find myself leaning more towards natural, organic and ayurvedic products for skin and hair care. We all know about the ill-effects of parabens and SLEs so I am trying to avoid them as much as I can. Recently, I was sent some products from the newly launched Ayurveda brand from Shesha Beauty, Ashtapathy, which has a range of coconut oil based shampoos and soaps.

About Shesha Beauty Ashtapathy Range

Harnessing tried and tested Ayurvedic beauty secrets is Ashtapathy. Ashtapathy Herbals is a herbal bath and body care brand from Kerala. In today’s times when purity in products is a rarity, Ashtapathy captures Ayurveda in its purest form and brings the same to you in a subtle way.

All of our products are prepared with the pure and potent coconut oil as the base. The entire range is free of parabens, sodium lauryl sulphate, mineral oils, artificial perfumes and colour additives and are prepared from organically sourced medicinal herbs through a 100% natural process with the guidance of ancient Ayurveda scriptures. Ashtapathy Herbals also takes great pride in the fact that local women make up over 50% of our workforce and all the packaging etc are done through small groups of women across Kerala. We manufacture all products in our own plant at Cochin, Kerala.

For more information on the brand and to buy the products, check out their website sheshabeauty.com.

Me to a friend a month back – ” What’s the secret of your lustrous locks T? Have you been using any new hair care product? Plzzz tell me the name. My hair looks so dull nowadays. Even I wanna try it”

Friend to me – “Hey sure. I’m using this new natural hair tonic that’s really working for me. Here’s the name. We have the same hair type so it should work for you too”

Me a month later – “WTH T! This tonic is just not doing anything for me. In fact, I’ve been losing so much hair after I’ve started using it. I just don’t get it. It worked so well for you!”

All of us have had these conversations with our friends. As a beauty blogger, I write product reviews and rave about something but that might not work at all for many of you. And do you know the reason why? The fault does not lie with the product. It lies with us because we tend to forget that we are all different from each other. What works for me might not work for you because my hair, skin, body type, body composition is different than yours. And that’s the basic premise of Ayurveda. To understand that we are different individuals, our bodies are different and that one size does not fit all.

A big thanks to Kama Ayurveda and YFLO for inviting me to the talk on Ayurveda & Beauty by Dr. V. R. Vivekanand, clinical registrar at IAIM Healthcare Center and Senior Assistant Professor, School of Health Sciences, Bangalore. The event was held at the terrace of Quest Mall and Dr. Vivekanand spoke for about 45 mins on the philosophy and science behind Ayurveda, discussed skin related problems and health issues and also answered questions from the guests, including one from me.